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Supreme Court asks Centre to review Wangchuk’s detention NEW DELHI: Observing that the medical condition of climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, who has been in detention for more than four months, is not very good, Supreme Court asked the Centre Wednesday to rethink/relook its decision to continue to keep him in custody, reports Amit Anand Choudhary.SC…
NEW DELHI: Jailed climate activist Sonam Wangchuk wants to have a thermometer to conduct some “experiments” to make his prison barracks “better,” his wife and HIAL (Himalayan Institute of Alternatives, Ladakh) co-founder Gitanjali Angmo said on Wednesday. “I met Sonam Wangchuk yesterday and finally gave him the book on ants, a gift from his eldest…
Sonam Wangchuk and his wife Gitanjali Angmo (File photo) NEW DELHI: Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk’s wife, Gitanjali Angmo said that he remains optimistic despite spending more than three months in solitary confinement at a Jodhpur jail. She added that Wangchuk is using his time in custody to write a book based on his prison experience.In…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court is set to hear on Monday a plea filed by Sonam Wangchuk’s wife, Gitanjali J Angmo. The plea challenges the climate activist’s detention under the stringent National Security Act (NSA) as illegal and an arbitrary exercise violating his fundamental rights.The matter will be heard before a bench comprising Justices Aravind…
Gitanjali Angmo (left), Sonam Wangchuk NEW DELHI: : The Supreme Court on Wednesday took on record the amended petition filed by Gitanjali J Angmo, wife of climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, challenging his detention under the national security act (NSA) and sought a response from the Centre and the union territory of Ladakh within ten days,…
NEW DELHI: Gitanjali Angmo, wife of climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, moved the Supreme Court on Friday seeking his release.This comes two days after she reached out to President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday to seek her intervention for the release of the climate activist, who has been lodged in Jodhpur jail in Rajasthan since being taken…
Sonam Wangchuk (right) and his wife Gitanjali J Angmo NEW DELHI: Gitanjali Angmo, wife of education reformer and climate activist Sonam Wangchuk on Wednesday in a representation to the President of India Droupadi Murmu sought her intervention and requested for “unconditional release” of Wangchuk, who she said is a “person who can never be a…
NEW DELHI: Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk‘s wife Gitanjali Angmo on Wednesday wrote a letter to President Droupadi Murmu seeking an “unconditional release” of her husband who was detained and moved to Jodhpur for allegedly inciting a violent protest in Ladakh.Angmo accused the federal agencies of launching a “full scale witch hunt” against Wangchuk for the…
Sonam Wangchuk (File photo) NEW DELHI: Jailed climate activist Sonam Wangchuk’s wife, Gitanjali Angmo, dismissed allegations of Pakistan links and financial irregularities against him, insisting that he has always advocated in the “most Gandhian way possible.” Wangchuk, a prominent face of the five-year-long agitation for Ladakh’s statehood and inclusion under the Sixth Schedule, was detained…
